spagh

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English spake, from Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. Cognate with Scots spage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spaːɡ/

Noun

spagh

1. The spoke of a wheel.
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 5:

     Thick besom fighed a spagh wi kick an a blaake,

     [The stupid kid figged the spoke], with a kick and a bleat,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129